Massachusetts
Dukes County
Chilmark

Menemsha

Menemsha is a small fishing village located in the town of on in . It is on the eastern coast of , adjacent to the opening into the on the pond's northern end.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: human settlement in Massachusetts, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Menemsha Creek”, “Menemsha Village”, “Menemsha, MA”, “Menemsha, Massachusetts”, “Nashowa-Kommuck”, and “Nashua Kemmiuk”
  • Postal code: 02552

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chilmark Public Library and Chilmark Community Center.

Library
Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Building
Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aquinnah and West Tisbury.

Photo: William Waterway, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town at the western end of . The bright, multi-colored clay cliffs at Gay Head are a fabulous sight. is home to the Wampanoag Tribe, residents of Martha's Vineyard for thousands of years and the majority population of the town.

Photo: Barry Peters, CC BY 2.0.
is a town on the west coast of the island of . It is the longstanding agricultural area of the island, and, of late, one of the fastest growing. In 2010, it was home to 2,700 people.

Menemsha

Latitude
41.35178° or 41° 21′ 6″ north
Longitude
-70.7642° or 70° 45′ 51″ west
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US MN5
Open location code
87HF962P+P8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158852258
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4943751
Wiki­data ID
Q6816900
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Menemsha” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Menemsha (Massachusetts)”
  • Basque: “Menemsha”
  • Chinese: “梅內姆沙”
  • French: “Menemsha”
  • Irish: “Menemsha”
  • Japanese: “メネムシャ”
  • Turkish: “Menemsha”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include U.S. Coast Guard - Station Menemsha and Ruel Gallery.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Menemsha”. Photo: Elkman, CC BY-SA 3.0.